Ayten Yeksan

Ayten Mediha Yeksan division and the mixed team event.

Sport career

Yeksan started her judo career at İlkadım GH Youth and Sports Club in her hometown. She then transferred to Galatasaray Judo.

Yeksan took the bronze medal in the 63 kg event and won the gold medal in the mixed team event at the 2019 European Cadet Championships in Warsaw, Poland.

Yeksan won the bronze medal at the Junior European Cup 2022 in Warsaw European Open 2022 in Poland. At the Paks Junior European Cup 2022 in Hungary, she became bronze medalist. She won the silver medal with the Turkish mixed team at the 2022 European Junior Championships in Prague, Chechia. AT the 2022 European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, she was unable to advance from the round of 16. Also at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria, she lost the round of 16 match.

At the Warsaw European Open 2025 in Poland, Yeksan took the bronze medal. She won the silver medal at the Prague European Open 2025 in Czechia. She won the gold medal at the Malaga Senior European Cup 2025 in Spain. She took part at the 2025 European Championships in Podgorica, Montenegro, and lost the round of 16 match. She captured the gold medal in the 63 kg individual event and the bronze medal in the mixed team event at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Ayten Mediha Yeksan was born in Samsun, northern Turkey on 17 March 2001.
She is a student of Physical Education and Sports Teaching in the Kırkpınar Faculty of Sports Science at Trakya University.